Date: Saturday, Mar. 17
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. (prior to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade!)
Cost: $15
Registration: Call or email by Wednesday, Mar. 14
Facilitator: Mary O’Keefe, M.A., Author, Speaker, Spiritual Director, Radio Show Host
One of the most meaningful dimensions of a long, balanced, and fulfilling life is a soul friend. These spiritual friendships provide social/spiritual support, intimacy and the opportunity to share stories, which helps reduce stress and anxiety, enhance immune systems and foster healing and overall wellbeing. This presentation and interactive discussion includes a brief summary of the Celtic history of ‘anam caras’ (Gaelic for soul friends), research demonstrating the health benefits of strong friendships, and will conclude with a process for finding and fostering these important relationships.
Mary Treacy O’Keefe, MA, Co-Founder and President
Mary co-founded Well Within in 2004 and has served as its President since its inception. Mary has nearly twenty years of sales and marketing experience, most recently as Marketing Manager for Ideas to Go, Inc., a nationally known creative process facilitation firm. In 2001, Mary obtained a Master’s Degree in Theology/Spirituality from the St. Catherine University.
She is a certified spiritual director and healing touch practitioner, has been trained as a hospice volunteer and as a Cancer Guide and Mind-Body Skills facilitator from the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. Mary has published several articles and released her first book, Thin Places: Where Faith is Affirmed and Hope Dwells, in 2005. She loves to give presentations and retreats on topics related to spirituality, creativity and integrative healing.
A breast cancer survivor, she is a popular national speaker for cancer survivor groups, hospice and other conferences, plus for churches, medical clinics, other organizations and the general public. In March 2010, she began hosting the Hope, Healing and WellBeing internet radio show. She currently is completing her second book.
